Furniture-pad



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. HERTZ, OF HAZELT ON, PENNSYLVANIA.

FURNITURE-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,509, dated October26, 18 86.

Application filed January 5, 1886. Serial No. 187,703. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. HERTZ, of Hazelton, in the county ofLuzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a newand usefulImprovement in Furniture-Pads, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming apart thereof, in which Figure 1 is an end elevation of one form of myimproved furniture-pad. Fig. 2 isatransverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifferent figures of the drawings.

The object of my invention is to furnish a pad to be applied to thebacks of chairs, sofas, and other articles of furniture to preventinjury to walls by the contact of the frame of the furniture therewith.

My invention consists of a pad formed of a soft-rubber top and ofahard-rubber base, the

same having a central aperture through'it to screw against'and to make asolid attachment a between the pad and chair or other article offurniture.

The pad is attached to the article of furniture by inserting ascrew-driver in the opening 0, and bringing it into engagement with thenick of the'screw d, and turning thescrew d until the part b of the padis brought against the surface of the article of furniture.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-f The furniture-pad consisting of asoft-rubber top or outer portion and a hard-rubber base, the same beingcentrally apertured to receive a securing-screw or fastening, and adriver for driving the screw or fastening into the article to which thepad is to be attached, substantially as herein shown and described.

* XVILLIAM H. HERTZ.

Witnesses:

PHILIP V. WEAVER, PETER F. FALLON.

